Posted on 09/03/2020 4:27:51 PM PDT by ransomnote
PORTLAND, Ore.—Eva Warner, aka Joshua Warner, 25, of Beaverton, Oregon, has been charged by criminal complaint with civil disorder, a felony, after targeting the eyes of multiple law enforcement officers with a high-powered laser during an August 8, 2020 riot in North Portland.
According to court documents, in the late evening on August 8, 2020, a riot was declared at the Portland Police Association office on North Lombard Street in Portland after individuals broke windows and set fire to the office. The crowd also used vehicles and dumpsters to illegally block nearby vehicle traffic.
Oregon State Police officers notified the Portland Police Bureau’s Rapid Response Team that Warner had directed a high-powered, green laser into the eyes of numerous law enforcement officers attempting to disperse the riot. Warner resisted arrest, prompting officers to use force. Officers found a black, pen-style laser pointer on Warner’s person. Warner was taken into custody and later released.
On September 2, 2020, Warner was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service in a southeast Portland apartment without incident.
Warner appeared in federal court today before a U.S. Magistrate Judge and was released pending further court proceedings. If convicted, Warner faces a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison.
This case was investigated by the FBI with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service. It is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon.
A criminal complaint is only an accusation of a crime, and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
Eye for an eye?
Assisting officer, Mike Rotch.
They hate themselves so they are attracted to a movement design to punish, attack and destroy normal society.
Was it a basement apt. Rented by his mom?
Biblical justIce would require an equitable penalty. Shine the laser in the perps eyes and see how quickly this evil will stop.
Get rid of all Magistrates regarding criminal affairs. They are useless.
I must respectfully disagree. Although many laser pens are in the range of a few mW (milliwatts),many are available from 500mW (1/2 Watt) up to 5000 mW (5 Watts) and higher.
Devices rated higher than 500 mW are rated Class 4 devices and can cause serious injury with either direct or reflected exposure.I worked for laser companies for 15 years and laser eye safety is no laughing matter.
Sort of, I guess.
I never can understand how the police figure out exactly where the laser is coming from.
omg....groan.
I know it's dangerous to attempt to speak for others, but I believe dsrtsage's point was this: Compared to the seriousness of the act (attempting to blind police officers), the charge of civil disorder is woefully inadequate - the equivalent of jaywalking.
To quote PubliusMM (in post #28), "The charge should be felonious assault with intent to inflict grievous bodily injury." Something like that sounds reasonable to me.
I will note that it sounds like this might have been an additional arrest to add further charges (or maybe to add federal charges on to current local charges.) It sounds like he/she/it was initially arrested on Aug 8, and then arrested again on Sep 2, all from the same incident.
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